Wise Quotes · Page 54

Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.

— Quintilian

Broken heart is where the wise man turns away and where the faithful kneel and call on God.

— Anonymous

A wise man may be duped as well as a fool; but the fool publishes the triumph of the deceiver.

— Charles Caleb Colton

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

— Anonymous

It is not wise to neglect the present for the future, for who knows what the future will be?

— H. Rider Haggard

“Are you always this wise, Ruth?" "Only when it comes to other people's lives.”

— Paula McLain

I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.

— Margaret Mead

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.

— Karl Kraus

Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are…

— Stephen Colbert

“Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what…

— Roy T. Bennett

You may use different sorts of sentences and illustrations before different sorts of audiences, but you don't -- if you are wise…

— Norman Thomas

He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his…

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

It is a great pleasure to transport one's-self into the spirit of the times; to see how a wise man has thought…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I've never smoked crack. I've never done most things, drug-wise. But I assume that the experience I had watching Lost is the…

— Ginnifer Goodwin

I love tranquil solitude, And such society As is quiet, wise, and good; Between thee and me What difference? but thou dost…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Everyone breathes in air, but it's a wise person who knows when to use that air to speak and when to exhale…

— Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

We are not saints yet, but we, too, should beware. Uprightness and virtue do have their rewards, in self-respect and in respect…

— Philip Neri

I'm incapable of truly relaxing. I remember when I was younger and less wise or experienced, actors that I knew would always…

— Joshua Malina

Sensible of the importance of Christian piety and virtue to the order and happiness of a state, I cannot but earnestly commend…

— John Hancock

Sometimes it is not wise to make a second plan; it diminishes the power of the first plan! In risky paths, make…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

This is one of their [the Christians'] rules. Let no man that is learned, wise, or prudent come among us: but if…

— Aulus Cornelius Celsus

The Quest for Prosperity is an important book. Written with verve and clarity, it reflects a deep understanding of global economic issues,…

— Robert Fogel

We tried some experiments in mind reading which were not very successful. Think mind reading contrary to common sense, wise provision of…

— Thomas A. Edison

We are driven by self-interest, it’s necessary to survive. But we need wise self-interest that is generous and co-operative, taking others’ interests…

— Dalai Lama

There are questions I'm still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.

— George Jones

Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort in your life makes all the difference.

— Anonymous

Writers, however mature and wise and eminent, are children at heart.

— Edna O'Brien

It is a common observation that any fool can get money; but they are not wise that think so.

— Charles Caleb Colton

If mankind had always been logical and wise, history would not be a long chronicle of folly and crime.

— James G. Frazer

The only thing history teaches us, a wise man once said, is that history doesn’t teach us anything.

— Michael Lewis

A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age.

— Meat Loaf

Wise men don't goes with beauty of a woman but a woman with good behaviour.

— Andrew Insaidoo

“One can't always be wise, can one, in a world like this?”

— Graham Greene

Nonsense! The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.

— Isaac Asimov

“Experience is hard to acquire. Only the wise acquire it”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.

— Anatole France

“Strong anger can only make you weaker than you already are”

— Munia Khan

Whoever yields properly to Fate, is deemed Wise among men, and knows the laws of heaven.

— Euripides

The people who accept criticism are the ones who are genuinely interested in self improvement.

— Babloo

Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.

— Laozi